Improvement in water-elevators



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BENJAMIN WIELAND OF'ONEOO, ILLINOIS, ND DANIEL S. YOUNG, OE MONROE, WISCONSIN.

Letters Parent No.4 99,734, elated Februari! 8. 1870.

*Morp- The Schedule referred to these LettersPai-,en't and making part of the same.

'To all vh-om it may concern Be it known that we, BENJAMIN WIELAND, of Oneco, in the county of Stevenson, and State of Illinois, and DANIEL S. YOUNG, of Monroe, Green county, Wisconsin, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Water-llevators;V and' we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making 'a part of this specilication, and to the letters and Iigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is' a side view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a central vertical section of the same.

Figure 3 is a partial view, showing the ilanched disk Our invention has relation 4to means for elevating water, and consists mainly in the coustructiongaml novel arrangement of. devices whereby a chain of pivoied buckets is raised from the` well, and the contents. i

ings,'to turn the wheelover which the endless `chain `of bucket-s passes. For the same purpose, al handcrank may be attached, or the elevatoriinay be operated by steam or wind-power.

Theletter A of the drawings designates the framework ofthe elevator, formed of eight pieces-four braces, c' a', two ties, a. al', and two cross-beams, a "-the whole being .mortised andpinned together in a substantial manner.

g B represents a tank, or the end of a receivingtrough, so formed that the side nearest the chain of buckets will flare, o1' have an inclination upward and outward. This flaring or inclined side has been let tered l) on the drawings.

C designates the buckets, arranged to hang freely upon the rods or rungs e, which connect the sides of the ladder-chain I).

`Each buckethas a lip or chute, c, formed upon the side next the tank B, made suciently long to keep the bucket engaged with the discharging-rod F, until its contents are entirely expelled.

D represents a ladder-chain, having a bucket pivoted on every other rung thereof.

,` These rungs or rods e serve also to connect the links d d, and are formed with a swell or hand on. each side of the links, to prevent the same from spreading.

The ends of the rods e e project outward on each side of the chain suflcientlyl to catch in the depressions-.rv c, formed in the perimeters of the Wheels or disks G G, fixed on the shaft H.

The disks Gr G are placed at the proper distance apart on the shaft, and are arranged with tlaringr guards or lianches m m, thereby keeping the ends of the rods e c always in proper position.

On the shaftH is fixed aspur-whcel, engaging with the wheel la of a system of clock-work operated by the weight l and the pendulum p.

The scape-wheel fi is also fixed on the shaft H, and is provided with a handle, n.

-The shaft H, with its wheels, can be disconnected from the system of clock-work at will, by meansof the slots inthe capping-bar s.

The weight-rope fr passes over the pulley t, and is wound around a drumattached to the wheel w.

The clock-mechanism is wound up by means of a key applied to the square head ot'the shaft z, to which is also attached an indicator, j, arranged to register upona dial, X, the number of buckets raised. The l capacity of the bucket being known, the amount of water required'can be elevated without ascending to Ythe tank. R designates the wall of a well, in section.

, The operation of the elevating-mechanism is as fol- P lows:

The clock-work being wound up until. the weight is at its highest elevation, the pendulum is set in motion, and the spur-wheel on the shaft H being in gearing, the buckets are drawn .up from the well. As each bucket rises, it rst comes in Icontact'with the inclined face of the tank, and its projecting lipcauses it to incline in the same direction, thereby forming a partial or imperfect chute for such water as may escapeY from the preceding bucket, throwing it into the tank. The bucket becoming still more elevated, the upper edge of the side b engages with the long face of the bucket, below the pivot, throwing this part thereof outward, and causing the projecting lip c to incline toward the tank suiiiciently to become engaged with the discharging-rod F. Its contents are now emptied into the-tank. The lip cppasses from under the discharging-rod, and the bucket, recovering its upright position, passes over the wheehaud down into the well again. y The weight should be arranged so that it will fall the length ofthe well, as far as the surface ofthe water. Experiment has shown that it does not require uluch weight to raise, in this manuel', quite a quantity of water.

The operation can be stopped immediately by means of a sliding bolt attached to the frame, and arranged in a suitable position to be projected between the teeth of one of the larger wheels of the clock-gearing.

By means of the cam-face b and discharging-rod F, combined with the form' of the bucket employed, a

great advantage is attained, in the fact that the full buckets are only required to be elevated sufleiently to discharge their contents into the tank, Whereas, in similar elevators heretofore employed, it has been necessaryto carry the water over the wheel.

Attention may be here directed to the fact that none ofthe water raised by my elevator will fall back into the well, the discharging devices beingr so arranged is to prevent loss.

What We claim as our invention, and desire to seseehre by Letters Patent, is-- 1. I n combination with the pivoted bucket C, provided with an elongated lip, c, the tank or trough B, having cam-face b and discharging-rod F.

2. A ladder-chain, D, arranged to carry a series of water-buckets, C, in combination with the notched disks G, having danches or guards m.

3. The registering Water-elevator, herein described, operated by clock-Work, and provided with an endless chain, D, of pivoted buckets C C, arranged to discharge their contents before passing over the wheel.

In testimony that we claim the above, We have hereunto subscribed our namesin the presence of two witnesses.

v BENJAMIN WIELAND.

Witnesses as to BENJAMIN WIELAND:

J. M. HYNE, R. A. Monats.

DANIEL S. YOUNG.

4Witnesses as to DANIEL S. YOUNG:

WM. 0. FILLEBROWN, LEWIS ROTE. 

